With a range of mechanical upgrades over a standard Defender, the Octa is as extreme as this off-roader gets. Jack Evans tries it in the UK.

The Defender range of off-roaders has a new flagship inspired by the beauty and toughness of diamonds. After a somewhat confusing and dramatic subtle brand shifting within the Jaguar Land Rover ...

Off-roading is about to get even more luxurious, but it'll cost you. Another version of the Land Rover Defender is hitting the market in 2025 called the OCTA, and its MSRP begins at $152,000 with a ...

The barren African landscape, darted far more frequently by sharp rocks marking cliff edges on a one-and-a-half-lane-wide road than people or animals, may, on the surface, be a weird place to see the ...

The re-birth of the legendary Land Rover Defender in 2019 felt like one of those seminal moments in an automaker's history; an iconic silhouette brought back with modern powertrains and luxury ...

The Land Rover Defender OCTA raises the bar on Land Rover's already impressive off-road capability, and adds a strong dose of on-road performance from a 626 hp V8 engine ...

The Defender OCTA Black is a pretty astonishing performance SUV, but it's also surprisingly sensible where it matters ...

Many people, but especially Defender enthusiasts, bashed the L663 series for being a unibody rather than a body-on-frame sport utility vehicle. Certain voices also expressed worry in regard to the ...

JLR is no stranger to SUVs with beefy engines, and its next will be a hardcore Defender that will introduce the new Octa designation. Prototypes have been testing for more than a year and this week ...

Many people don’t know, or don’t believe, that the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is a sensational off-roader. But to get the German off-roader doing the German version of the Charleston over the most unlikely ...

That's enough oomph to move the Defender Octa from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.8 seconds, an impressive accomplishment in a truck as big as this. Keep your foot in it and the Octa will go on to a 155-mph ...

To understand the auto industry, always follow the money. When the current Land Rover Defender launched for 2020 it was targeting those in search of rugged, stylish performance—virtues that the brand ...